English Online Dictionary. What means restrict? What does restrict mean?
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin restrictus, perfect passive participle of restringō (“draw back tightly; restrain, restrict”), from re- (“back, again”) + stringō (“press, tighten, compress”). Doublet of ristretto as an adjective.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɹɪˈstɹɪkt/
- Rhymes: -ɪkt
Verb
restrict (third-person singular simple present restricts, present participle restricting, simple past and past participle restricted)
- To restrain within boundaries; to limit; to confine
- (specifically, mathematics) To consider (a function) as defined on a subset of its original domain.
Synonyms
- (to restrain within bounds): limit, bound, circumscribe, withstrain, restrain, repress, curb, coerce, quarantine (fig.)
Related terms
- restriction
- restraint
- restrain
Translations
Adjective
restrict (comparative more restrict, superlative most restrict)
- (obsolete) Restricted.
Anagrams
- critters, stricter